2024 Pittsburgh Panthers football team explained

Year:	2024
Team:	Pittsburgh Panthers
Sport:	football
Conference:	Atlantic Coast Conference
Short Conf:	ACC
Record:	7–5
Conf Record:	3–5
Head Coach:	Pat Narduzzi
Hc Year:	10th
Off Coach:	Kade Bell
Oc Year:	1st
Off Scheme:	No-huddle spread
Def Coach:	Randy Bates
Dc Year:	7th
Def Scheme:	4–3
Stadium:	Acrisure Stadium

The 2024 Pittsburgh Panthers football team will represent the University of Pittsburgh as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) during the 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Panthers are led by tenth-year head coach Pat Narduzzi and play their home games at Acrisure Stadium located in Pittsburgh.

Following their win over Syracuse, Pitt began their season 7–0 for the first time since 1982. Despite this, they closed out the regular season losing the last five games in a row, finishing at 7-5.

Transfers

Outgoing

Name	Pos.	New school
Lorenzo Jenkins	WR	Bethune-Cookman
Aydin Henningham	LB	Albany State
Buddy Mack	S	South Carolina
DeAndre Jules	EDGE	South Carolina
Trey Anderson	IOL	Utah State
Stephon Hall	S	Youngstown State
T.J. Harvison	RB	None
Bangally Kamara	LB	South Carolina
Addison Copeland	WR	Coffeyville Community College
	DL	Colorado
Byron Floyd	LS	Buffalo
Sam Vander Haar	P	BYU
	QB	Georgia State
	DE	Colorado

Incoming

Name	Pos.	Previous school
Nick James	DL	Indiana
Jake Overman	TE	Oregon State
Lyndon Cooper	IOL	NC State
Nate Matlack	EDGE	Kansas State
David Ojiegbe	EDGE	Clemson
	RB	Western Carolina
Tamon Lynum	CB	Nebraska
Keye Thompson	LB	Ohio
Raphael Williams Jr.	WR	San Diego State
Censere Lee	WR	Western Carolina
	QB	Alabama

Preseason

ACC media poll

The Atlantic Coast Conference preseason poll was released on July 31. Pittsburgh was predicted to finish 13th in the conference.^[1]

1	Florida State	2,708 (81)
2	Clemson	2,657 (55)
3	Miami	2,344 (17)
4	NC State	2,318 (8)
5	Louisville	1,984
6	Virginia Tech	1,968 (5)
7	SMU	1,798
8	North Carolina	1,712
9	Georgia Tech	1,539 (1)
10	California	1,095 (2)
11	Duke	1,056
12	Syracuse	1,035
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14	Boston College	890 (1)
15	Wake Forest	784
16	Virginia	629
17	Stanford	477

Schedule

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Game summaries

Kent State

See also: 2024 Kent State Golden Flashes football team.

Statistics	KENT	PITT
First downs	15	31
Total yards	212	560
Rushing yards	31	191
Passing yards	181	369
Passing: Comp–Att–Int	14–28–1	34–48–1
Time of possession	32:26	27:34

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Kent State	Passing	Devin Kargman	14/28, 181 yards, 2 TD, INT
Rushing	Ky Thomas	18 carries, 40 yards
Receiving	Luke Floriea	6 receptions, 104 yards, TD
Pittsburgh	Passing		30/40, 336 yards, 3 TD, INT
Rushing		14 carries, 145 yards, TD
Receiving		7 receptions, 105 yards, TD

at Cincinnati

See also: 2024 Cincinnati Bearcats football team.

Statistics	PITT	CIN
First downs	24	21
Total yards	498	449
Rushing yards	196	151
Passing yards	302	298
Passing: Comp–Att–Int	20–35–1	22–38–0
Time of possession	23:35	36:25

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Pittsburgh	Passing	Eli Holstein	20/35, 302 yards, 3 TD, INT
Rushing	Desmond Reid	19 carries, 148 yards
Receiving	Konata Mumpfield	5 receptions, 123 yards, 2 TD
Cincinnati	Passing		22/38, 298 yards, 3 TD
Rushing		20 carries, 149 yards
Receiving		5 receptions, 80 yards

West Virginia (Backyard Brawl)

See also: 2024 West Virginia Mountaineers football team and Backyard Brawl.

Statistics	WVU	PITT
First downs	22	24
Total yards	398	379
Rushing yards	188	78
Passing yards	210	301
Passing: Comp–Att–Int	16–30–2	21–30–0
Time of possession	36:17	23:43

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
West Virginia	Passing		16/30, 210 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT
Rushing		19 carries, 79 yards, TD
Receiving	Jaden Bray	1 reception, 44 yards
Pittsburgh	Passing	Eli Holstein	21/30, 301 yards, 3 TD
Rushing	Eli Holstein	14 carries, 59 yards
Receiving	Kenny Johnson	5 receptions, 79 yards

Youngstown State (FCS)

See also: 2024 Youngstown State Penguins football team.

Statistics	YSU	PITT
First downs	18	28
Total yards	309	644
Rushing yards	71	295
Passing yards	238	349
Passing: Comp–Att–Int	20–31–2	24–35–0
Time of possession	37:29	22:31

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Youngstown State	Passing	Beau Brungard	18/28, 233 yards, 2 TD, INT
Rushing	Ethan Wright	7 carries, 35 yards
Receiving	Cyrus Traugh	4 receptions, 87 yards, 2 TD
Pittsburgh	Passing	Eli Holstein	16/24, 247 yards, 3 TD
Rushing	Daniel Carter	7 carries, 109 yards, 2 TD
Receiving	Censere Lee	4 receptions, 108 yards, TD

at North Carolina

See also: 2024 North Carolina Tar Heels football team.

Statistics	PITT	UNC
First downs	23	23
Total yards	520	416
Rushing yards	139	147
Passing yards	381	269
Passing: Comp–Att–Int	25–42–1	24–45–0
Time of possession	29:19	30:41

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Pittsburgh	Passing	Eli Holstein	25/42, 381 yards, 3 TD, INT
Rushing	Eli Holstein	10 carries, 76 yards, TD
Receiving	Desmond Reid	11 receptions, 155 yards, TD
North Carolina	Passing		24/45, 269 yards, TD
Rushing		23 carries, 106 yards, TD
Receiving	Nate McCollum	10 receptions, 128 yards

vs. California

See also: 2024 California Golden Bears football team.

Statistics	CAL	PITT
First downs	23	14
Total yards	335	277
Rushing yards	63	144
Passing yards	272	133
Passing: Comp–Att–Int	27–37–0	14–28–2
Time of possession	38:29	21:31

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
California	Passing		27/37, 272 yards, TD
Rushing	Jaivian Thomas	17 carries, 72 yards, TD
Receiving	Jack Endries	8 receptions, 117 yards, TD
Pittsburgh	Passing	Eli Holstein	14/28, 133 yards, 2 INT
Rushing	Desmond Reid	16 carries, 120 yards, 2 TD
Receiving	Konata Mumpfield	3 receptions, 37 yards

vs. Syracuse (rivalry)

See also: 2024 Syracuse Orange football team and Pittsburgh–Syracuse football rivalry.

Statistics	SYR	PITT
First downs	23	13
Total yards	327	217
Rushing yards	6	73
Passing yards	321	144
Passing: Comp–Att–Int	35–64–5	16–22–0
Time of possession	41:12	18:48

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Syracuse	Passing		35/64, 321 yards, 5 INT
Rushing		15 carries, 32 yards
Receiving	Emanuel Ross	5 receptions, 78 yards
Pittsburgh	Passing	Eli Holstein	11/15, 108 yards, 2 TD
Rushing	Desmond Reid	11 carries, 47 yards
Receiving	Raphael Williams Jr.	2 receptions, 31 yards, TD

at No. 20 SMU

See also: 2024 SMU Mustangs football team.

Statistics	PITT	SMU
First downs	30	19
Total yards	453	467
Rushing yards	103	161
Passing yards	350	306
Passing: Comp–Att–Int	39–58–1	18–31–0
Time of possession	31:44	28:16

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Pittsburgh	Passing	Eli Holstein	29/47, 248 yards, INT
Rushing	Desmond Reid	13 carries, 49 yards, TD
Receiving	Kenny Johnson	8 receptions, 81 yards, TD
SMU	Passing		17/25, 306 yards, 2 TD
Rushing		23 carries, 161 yards, 2 TD
Receiving	Matthew Hibner	3 receptions, 108 yards, TD

vs. Virginia

See also: 2024 Virginia Cavaliers football team.

Statistics	UVA	PITT
First downs
Total yards
Rushing yards
Passing yards
Passing: Comp–Att–Int
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Virginia	Passing
Rushing
Receiving
Pittsburgh	Passing
Rushing
Receiving

vs. No. 20 Clemson

See also: 2024 Clemson Tigers football team.

Statistics	CLEM	PITT
First downs	21	27
Total yards	346	438
Rushing yards	58	88
Passing yards	288	350
Passing: Comp–Att–Int	27–43–0	34–54–1
Time of possession	25:54	34:06

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Clemson	Passing		27/41, 288 yards, 2 TD
Rushing	Cade Klubnik	10 carries, 41 yards, TD
Receiving		13 receptions, 149 yards, 2 TD
Pittsburgh	Passing		34/54, 350 yards, TD, INT
Rushing	Desmond Reid	14 carries, 68 yards
Receiving	Desmond Reid	10 receptions, 108 yards

at Louisville

See also: 2024 Louisville Cardinals football team.

Statistics	PITT	LOU
First downs	17	26
Total yards	265	505
Rushing yards	75	212
Passing yards	190	293
Passing: Comp–Att–Int	19–35–3	17–28–0
Time of possession	25:34	34:26

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Pittsburgh	Passing		11–23, 96 yards, TD, INT
Rushing		19 carries, 59 yards
Receiving	Konata Mumpfield	4 receptions, 51 yards, TD
Louisville	Passing		17–28, 293 yards, 2 TD
Rushing		13 carries, 93 yards, 2 TD
Receiving	Chris Bell	2 receptions, 101 yards, TD

at Boston College

See also: 2024 Boston College Eagles football team.

Statistics	PITT	BC
First downs
Total yards
Rushing yards
Passing yards
Passing: Comp–Att–Int
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Pittsburgh	Passing
Rushing
Receiving
Boston College	Passing
Rushing
Receiving

Coaching staff

Pittsburgh Panthers
Name	Position	Consecutive season at Pittsburgh in current position	Previous position	Pitt profile
Pat Narduzzi	Head coach	10th	Michigan State defensive coordinator (2007–2014)	^[4]
Cory Sanders	Assistant head coach and safeties coach	1st	Pittsburgh safeties coach (2018–2023)	^[5]
Kade Bell	Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach	1st	Western Carolina offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach (2021–2023)	^[6]
Randy Bates	Defensive coordinator	7th	Northwestern linebackers coach (2006–2017)	^[7]
Jacob Bronowski	Special teams coordinator and tight ends coach	1st	Miami (OH) special teams coordinator and defensive assistant (2022–2023)	^[8]
Archie Collins	Secondary coach	7th	Central Michigan defensive pass game coordinator and secondary coach (2017)	^[9]
Tim Daoust	Defensive line coach	1st	East Carolina special teams coordinator, outside linebackers coach, and defensive ends coach (2021–2023)	^[10]
Jeremy Darveau	Offensive line coach	1st	Western Carolina offensive line coach (2022–2023)	^[11]
Lindsey Lamar	Running backs coach	1st	Howard offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach (2023)	^[12]
JJ Laster	Wide receivers coach	1st	Western Carolina wide receivers coach (2021–2023)	^[13]
Ryan Manalac	Linebackers coach	4th	Bucknell defensive coordinator and linebackers coach (2019–2020)	^[14]
Trent Turknett	Offensive quality control coach	1st	Western Carolina director of player personnel (2021–2023)	^[15]
Jacob Floyd	Offensive graduate assistant	1st	Sewanee running backs coach and tight ends coach (2023)	^[16]
Chris Russell	Offensive graduate assistant	1st	Pittsburgh volunteer coach (2023)	^[17]
Malcolm Robinson	Defensive graduate assistant	2nd	Akron defensive quality control coach (2022)	^[18]
Edward Warinner	Defensive graduate assistant	2nd	Miami (OH) defensive graduate assistant (2022)	^[19]
Reference:^[20]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Florida State Favored to Repeat in 2024 ACC Football Preseason Poll . July 31, 2024 . August 3, 2024.
2. Web site: 2024 Pitt Football Schedule . FBSchedules.com . 3 January 2024.
3. Web site: Pitt’s Future ACC Football Opponents Revealed . pittsburghpanthers.com . 3 January 2024.
4. Web site: Pat Narduzzi - Football Coach . 2024-04-16 . Pitt Panthers #H2P . en.
5. Web site: Cory Sanders - Football Coach . 2024-04-16 . Pitt Panthers #H2P . en.
6. Web site: Kade Bell - Football Coach . 2024-04-16 . Pitt Panthers #H2P . en.
7. Web site: Randy Bates - Football Coach . 2024-04-16 . Pitt Panthers #H2P . en.
8. Web site: Jacob Bronowski - Football Coach . 2024-04-16 . Pitt Panthers #H2P . en.
9. Web site: Archie Collins - Football Coach . 2024-04-16 . Pitt Panthers #H2P . en.
10. Web site: Tim Daoust - Football Coach . 2024-04-16 . Pitt Panthers #H2P . en.
11. Web site: Jeremy Darveau - Football Coach . 2024-04-16 . Pitt Panthers #H2P . en.
12. Web site: Lindsey Lamar - Football Coach . 2024-04-16 . Pitt Panthers #H2P . en.
13. Web site: JJ Laster - Football Coach . 2024-04-16 . Pitt Panthers #H2P . en.
14. Web site: Ryan Manalac - Football Coach . 2024-04-16 . Pitt Panthers #H2P . en.
15. Web site: Trent Turknett - Offensive Quality Control - Football Support Staff . 2024-04-16 . Pitt Panthers #H2P . en.
16. Web site: Jacob Floyd - Offensive Graduate Assistant - Football Support Staff . 2024-04-16 . Pitt Panthers #H2P . en.
17. Web site: Chris Russell - Offensive Graduate Assistant - Football Support Staff . 2024-04-16 . Pitt Panthers #H2P . en.
18. Web site: Malcolm Robinson - Defensive Graduate Assistant - Football Support Staff . 2024-04-16 . Pitt Panthers #H2P . en.
19. Web site: Edward Warinner - Defensive Graduate Assistant - Football Support Staff . 2024-04-16 . Pitt Panthers #H2P . en.
20. Web site: 2024 Football Roster . April 16, 2024 . Pittsburgh Panthers.